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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Change Your Posture, Change Your Mind

  

It is often said that Adult Children Of Alcoholics "guess at what normal is". We may try to behave how we think we "should" in spite of past conditioning. Another way to say this is "fake it til you become it". Rather than just a shallow attempt to fit in, assuming the behavior and posture of a successful person actually helps to transition one into integrating and "owning" that very mindset.

Research shows that just by changing your body posture for for 2 minutes, you can profoundly change your hormones, brain chemistry and how others perceive and respond to you. Your physiology can actually change your brain!

In the Ted Talks video above, Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident -- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.    


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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Music For Healing And Mediation

The Mayo Clinic has listed both meditation and listening to music as Top Ten stress relievers. Here is over an hour and a half of FREE music to help you relax, focus and chill out courtesy of Amazon.com. Click on the three links below and download away!


Step 11- "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out"



Ashaneen- "Sea Waves, Vol. 2"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CUR1Z9G/ref=dm_dp_trk6?ie=UTF8&qid=1370361432&sr=1-48



The Best Healing Music for Relaxation, Meditation & Sleep with Nature Sounds (Ocean Waves Album Series Sampler)
http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Relaxation-Meditation-Nature-Sampler/dp/B00CDX17L8/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&qid=1368629491&s=dmusic&sr=1-33


Sunrise Meditation (Music for Harmony)
http://www.amazon.com/Sunrise-Meditation-Music-for-Harmony/dp/B00CDX176I/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1368629491&s=dmusic&sr=1-26


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